carbcore

 
 PI:             John Hedges (Hedges/Lee/Wakeham)
 dataset:        Particulate C, N and carbohydrate percentages from sediment cores 
 project/cruise: EQPAC/TT013, Benthic cruise
 ship:           Thomas Thompson 

 PI Notes

 Parameter             Description                                    Units

 sta                   station number corresponding to coring
  			 location assigned during EqPac Cruises
		         TT007 and TT011 (see event logs)
 lat_n                 nominal latitude of coring location in         degrees 
                         whole degrees (negative = south)
 lon_n                 nominal longitude of coring location in        degrees
                         whole degrees (negative = west)
 depth_core_avg        average depth (from core top) of sediment      centimeters
                         sampling interval 
 POC                   weight percent of organic carbon in total      percent
                         particulates determined by aqueous 
                        acidification (salt-corrected wt.)
 N_p_tot               weight percent of total nitrogen in total      percent
                         particulates (salt-corrected wt.)
 PIC                   weight percent of inorganic carbon in total    percent
                         particulates determined by deducting POC
                         from total partic. carbon (salt-corrected)
 lyxose                weight percent lyxose monomer of               percent
                         total carbohydrates
 arabinose             weight percent arabinose monomer of            percent
                         total carbohydrates
 rhamnose              weight percent rhamnose monomer of             percent
                         total carbohydrates
 ribose                weight percent ribose monomer of               percent
                         total carbohydrates
 xylose                weight percent xylose monomer of               percent
                         total carbohydrates
 fucose                weight percent fucose monomer of               percent
                         total carbohydrates
 mannose               weight percent mannose monomer of              percent
                         total carbohydrates
 galactose             weight percent galactose monomer of            percent
                         total carbohydrates
 glucose               weight percent glucose monomer of              percent
                         total carbohydrates
 carb_tot_POC_ratio    weight ratio of mg total carbohydrates per     mg per 100mg 
                         100mg organic carbon in particulate matter
 
 nd indicates missing or bad data